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Akron-Canton stepping up; Regional airfield on track for continued robust growth through decade.(Insight)
Crain's Cleveland Business; Dec 13, 2004; ; 700+ Words ...runway that will enable Akron-Canton to add direct...control Travelers like what Akron-Canton has to offer...Pacific Life Insurance Co., while waiting for...whose AirTran Airways is a product of the boom in low-fare...now account for 48% of Akron-Canton's passenger...
Akron native reflects on how cities change: Essays on development also mourn what once was.
Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH); Jan 29, 2006; 700+ Words ...W.W. Norton & Co., 206 pages, $24.95) To the outside world, Akron may be a stop on the turnpike...traces the history of Akron as a canal town and center for cereal and clay product manufacturing. She looks...industry, noting that old Akron was inadvertently sealing...
Akron; Little Ohio city grows into rubber capital of the world.(Special Report)
Rubber & Plastics News; Mar 20, 2006; ; 700+ Words ...given the town the name "Akron,'' a Greek word meaning...what someday would give Akron reason to call itself...1896, B.F. Goodrich Co. was doing a thriving...manufacturing rubber products followed Goodrich to Akron, including Goodyear...
Akron tile king Joseph C. Ewart at the peak of roofing business.
Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH); Jun 4, 2007; 700+ Words ...old farm boy returned to Akron to find a job. Ewart...Wilcox Manufacturing Co. before moving to the...Aultman, Miller & Co., where he stayed for...family operated a clay products company. High-quality...Middlebury and East Akron gave rise to a highly...
Akron Is Rolling Again
AP Online; Jul 10, 1999; ; 700+ Words ...Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., GenCorp and Bridgestone...Firestone, Inc. Quaker Oats Co. cereal mills moved in, and Akron's population tripled in...mergers, takeover attempts and product recalls destroyed Akron's tire-making industry...
Akron in running for $30M brake plant.
Crain's Cleveland Business; Mar 7, 2005; 700+ Words ...Byline: DAVID BENNETT Akron-based Aircraft Braking...million production plant in Akron or will choose a site...Ed Searle said Austin Co., an engineering firm...Danville, Ky., and Akron. He said the proposed...where the company runs a product support operation. The...
Akron Special Machinery expands, buys firms.(Brief Article)
Rubber & Plastics News; Jul 29, 2002; ; 700+ Words ...manufacturing automation. Akron Special Machinery previously...integrated as a division of Akron Special Machinery. In...maker Hasbach/Hawitec Co., formerly based in...machines-an area in which Akron Special Machinery has...to our tire uniformity products, but our handling of product ...
Akron group unveils plans for historic park: $1 million project will be located on old mill site.
Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH); Jun 13, 2007; 700+ Words ...County; the University of Akron; the Ohio & Erie...sculpture designed by Akron artist Chuck Ayers with...became part of Quaker Oats Co., was born in Germany...In 1851, he came to Akron and opened a grocery store...develop a demand for his product. During the Civil War...
Strapping days for Akron belt company: Akron belt company's products helped drive the pulleys and wheels of industry.
Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH); Mar 26, 2007; 700+ Words ...was branded on products around the world...60 years, the Akron Belting Co. helped drive...Its celebrated "Akron" and "Eclipse...automobile and later co-founded the Akron Auto Club, became...dollars. Its products continued to drive...
Akron's Economic Retread May Be Wearing Thin
The Washington Post; Apr 30, 1988; ; 700+ Words ...For almost a century, Akron, which means "highest...Street and B.F. Goodrich Co. and Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. on South Main Street. Akron was to rubber what Detroit...are found in scores of products, including plastic wheels...
Akron sues eight makers of lead paint: City claims it's a health risk, costs millions to remove from houses.
Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH); Oct 12, 2006; 700+ Words ...and for all." The Akron suit, assigned to...Conagra Grocery Product Co. of Omaha; Du Pont...Atlantic Richfield Co. of Los Angeles...American Cyanamid Co. of Wayne, N.J...named later. The Akron suit follows similar...
AKRON STRETCHING FOR PROSPERITY AS RUBBER LEAVES CITY
Post-Tribune (IN); Jul 7, 1991; 700+ Words ...Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. spokesman Hank Ruppel...of a trademark of Akron." In the post...Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Co. and BridgestoneFirestone...research shops in Akron, but even some of...aerospace and defense products. "It's ironic...Ruppel, who grew up in Akron and has been with...
Akron, Ohio, Holds on to Reputation as World's "Rubber City". (Originated from Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; Nov 21, 1993; ; 700+ Words ...Around the world, Akron is still Rubber City...three dozen people in the Akron area. But their goal...recognition that their products are competitive with any...Hankook Tire Manufacturing Co., followed shortly after...is definitely good for Akron," said Bridgestone...
Akron, Ohio, University Graduate Becomes No. 2 Executive at Johnson & Johnson.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; Apr 28, 2002; 700+ Words ...wide line of consumer products. The new job makes Lenehan...Lenehan lived in Akron for six years as a high...The Lenehans moved to Akron in 1965 from New Jersey...Damon Asphalt Paving Co. in Cuyahoga Falls...Thurmont Road in West Akron where the family grew...Johnson as an assistant ...
LEFT FLAT BY TIRE-MAKERS, AKRON IS ROLLING AGAIN.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); Jul 11, 1999; 700+ Words ...Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., GenCorp and Bridgestone...Firestone, Inc. Quaker Oats Co. cereal mills moved in, and Akron's population tripled in...mergers, takeover attempts and product recalls destroyed Akron's tire-making industry...
Goodyear to Phase Out Some Akron, Ohio, Tire Production.(Originated from Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; Jan 28, 1997; ; 700+ Words AKRON, Ohio--Jan. 28...Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. said yesterday it is...with 150 jobs -- the Akron tiremaker said the rest...tire production at the Akron Tech Center simply is...s vice president of product supply. "The company...structure of all its products." Nestled among those...
Growing Akron, Ohio, Companies Build Plants in One of City's Industrial Parks.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; Jul 23, 2000; ; 700+ Words ...and hundreds of other products. Production workers at...the major players." Akron Square and the industrial...electronics. Today, Akron's industrial parks are...Several of them, including Akron Square Business Park and...Arch Aluminum Glass Co., a manufacturer of...
Penn-Akron Corporation Names New Management Team & Relocates its Headquarters to Virginia.
Business Wire; Nov 20, 2000; 700+ Words ...pivotal role as Penn-Akron grows and diversifies...Prior to joining Penn-Akron, Lambert co-founded a professional...industry, will arm Penn-Akron with the focus and structure...and the expansion of its product offering through internal...
New Ownership Changes Akron, Ohio, Chemical Company's Name, Focus.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; Mar 29, 2002; 700+ Words By John Russell, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio...three months ago, the Akron tire maker sold its specialty...rubber and dozens of other products. Eliokem's new owner is Littlejohn & Co. LLC, a private equity...headquarters in East Akron. "We wanted to find...the customer base. The ...
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON HONORS EXEMPLARY ALUMNI ON 'A-DAY'
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; May 3, 2006; 700+ Words ...Management Association of Ohio, Akron Roundtable, Akron Art Museum and Akron Garden Club. Steven L. Marks ('81) is co-founder and co-CEO of Main Street Gourmet, a maker of frozen bakery products. The company and its executives...
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